Richard Armuelles Posted November 25, 2018 Posted November 25, 2018 Hello, I have an old PCduino 3 that I would like to return to a more dignified life. But I see that it is currently considered as EOS so it will not have an update to Bionic or Stretch. But is it possible to do it unofficially with Armbian build?, if not, can I at least update it from Xenial to Bionic without breaking everything?
chwe Posted November 25, 2018 Posted November 25, 2018 you would have to change the config: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/1396d775a39176280734382a5ba434b4a72d8e12/config/boards/pcduino3.eos#L8-L10 to something like that: https://github.com/armbian/build/blob/1396d775a39176280734382a5ba434b4a72d8e12/config/boards/orangepizero.conf#L15-L17 and then test if it works... On 11/25/2018 at 6:53 PM, Richard Armuelles said: if not, can I at least update it from Xenial to Bionic without breaking everything? Expand you've to test it.. I would go for the first one.. which is likely with less pain..
Igor Posted November 25, 2018 Posted November 25, 2018 On 11/25/2018 at 6:58 PM, chwe said: you would have to change the config Expand ... or you add an "override" parameter EXPERT="yes" and you unlock all options.
Richard Armuelles Posted November 26, 2018 Author Posted November 26, 2018 Build a Bionic image is possible and works (WiFi and HDMI works well), but only in Mainline so It is completely unusable on the web
Igor Posted November 26, 2018 Posted November 26, 2018 On 11/26/2018 at 6:14 AM, Richard Armuelles said: so It is completely unusable on the web Expand What is unusable? WEB browsing is at least on the same level as on older kernels. There is no acceleration whatsoever, not just on this board but on most. There are just optimisations, caching ... on 4.19.y (Debian Stretch only) there is web-gl/3D which is not very fast due to OSS implementation and it's still a bit buggy.
Richard Armuelles Posted November 26, 2018 Author Posted November 26, 2018 On 11/26/2018 at 6:27 AM, Igor said: What is unusable? WEB browsing is at least on the same level as on older kernels. There is no acceleration whatsoever, not just on this board but on most. There are just optimisations, caching ... on 4.19.y (Debian Stretch only) there is web-gl/3D which is not very fast due to OSS implementation and it's still a bit buggy. Expand The consumption of the CPU goes up to 100% on any page, YT video player shows video (well rather just static images). Something else I saw is that glxgears remains stable at 12 fps
Igor Posted November 26, 2018 Posted November 26, 2018 On 11/26/2018 at 7:04 AM, Richard Armuelles said: The consumption of the CPU goes up to 100% on any page, YT video player shows video (well rather just static images). Something else I saw is that glxgears remains stable at 12 fps Expand Consumption of CPU should be the same as on legacy kernel. Chromium is a bit too bulky & heavy for A20. Video acceleration might be implemented with 4.19.y and with external player of course. 3D GLES as well. But there is still a lot of work to get there.
Richard Armuelles Posted November 26, 2018 Author Posted November 26, 2018 On 11/26/2018 at 7:15 AM, Igor said: Video acceleration might be implemented with 4.19.y and with external player of course. 3D GLES as well. But there is still a lot of work to get there. Expand You mentioned an experimental support for webgl and 3D in Stretch. I will do a test, hopefully I can get at least a minimum performance improvement.
titykouki Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 I have an old PCduino 3 that I might want to come back to a more noble life. Yet, I see that it is right now considered as EOS so it won't have a refresh to Bionic or Stretch. However, is it conceivable to do it informally with Armbian manufacture?, if not, can I in any event refresh it from Xenial to Bionic without breaking everything?
Igor Posted December 4, 2018 Posted December 4, 2018 On 12/4/2018 at 11:15 AM, titykouki said: from Xenial to Bionic without breaking Expand No warranty for that. Its outside our power. Better to recreate a new image with our tools. That should work but you are on your own if it doesn't. You have to use a parameter EXPERT="yes" to get access on EOS boards.
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